Virginia Giuffre
Survivor / Plaintiff · American · Deceased (April 25, 2025)
Giuffre has been among the most public accusers in the Epstein case, pursuing civil litigation and speaking publicly about her experiences since the mid-2000s. In 2015 she was named in a court filing that alleged she had been trafficked to Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, and others. Both denied the allegations.
She reached a settlement with Epstein in 2009, with Ghislaine Maxwell in 2014, and with Prince Andrew in February 2022, all for undisclosed sums. Prince Andrew's legal team stated that the settlement included no admission of liability, but the Duke subsequently withdrew from all public royal duties.
Giuffre has been widely credited with maintaining public pressure on Epstein's network over many years and has been recognised for her advocacy work with other survivors.
Giuffre died by suicide at her home in Neergabby, Western Australia, on April 25, 2025, at age 41. Her family said she had been "a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking" and that "the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight." Her memoir, Nobody's Girl, co-written with journalist Amy Wallace and completed before her death, was published posthumously in October 2025 and won the 2026 British Book Awards Nonfiction: Narrative Book of the Year and Freedom to Publish Award.
▶ What the Evidence Shows -- Tier 1: Judicially Established
Her testimony was given in sworn depositions entered into evidence in federal proceedings and the Giuffre v. Maxwell civil lawsuit. Her accounts formed a central part of Maxwell's prosecution. She named numerous individuals she says she was directed to provide sexual services to. She settled a 2021 lawsuit against Prince Andrew in 2022. Following the January 2026 DOJ document release, reporting (including by the Associated Press) noted that FBI investigators had been unable to substantiate some specific elements of Giuffre's account — including her claim that Epstein "lent out" victims to a wider circle of powerful men — and that a 2019 FBI memo described some of her public statements as containing "shifting accounts." This does not disturb the core, judicially-established finding that she was a victim of sexual abuse and trafficking by Epstein and Maxwell; it is included here in the interest of the same evidentiary rigor the rest of this database applies.
Several individuals she named have denied her allegations. In 2022 she stated she "may have made a mistake" in identifying Alan Dershowitz.